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I think I was supposed to be a bunch of grapes originally, if memory serves. Didn't really work with multi coloured balloons though, so the costume naturally transformed as the evening progressed. Anyway, half of the house roof is felted. It's like swimming through treacle because apparently some of our design choices aren't entirely conventional, but we are getting there.
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No but that sounds like great fun. Night navigation and search exercise with the mountain rescue team.
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Turned pretty wintry on the west coast of Ireland.
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From Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything
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SRT connecting two ropes for bigger trees
peds replied to Carteeni's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Yeah it can be less hassle, doesn't answer the question though, really. Sometimes I need 300m of rope length, I'm not going to drag 300m around, I'm tying together 3x100m. -
Anyway, I don't mind getting little fruity, as I am all man. As proven by the following photograph.
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Ireland. It's definitely something we'd have in writing anyway, we've learned that a few times so far during the build. Well the scaffold we've got up isn't cheap, we are already looking at 2 weeks extra rental for it, minimum. Thanks for the advice guys, the situation is fluid and ongoing, I'll keep you posted.
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Well, I can't say for sure, but the roofer I've got coming in used to work for the same crowd and left to focus on his own business mostly as a result of shenanigans like this. So, new question, I've been chatting to the fitters and I've offered to pay their costs for the remaining 2 days they say it'll take, and I'll tell the company that I'll just knock it off their final invoice if it isn't sorted by the end of today. What legal legs does this have, do you think?
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I can't tell you. Want his mobile number, you can ask him yourself?
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It's between them and their boss of course, but it's fairly standard for trades of that nature to travel a fair bit wherever the work takes them. The guy I have coming to do the roof is a similar drive as well, he's worked it into his quote I'm sure. We offered them an apartment for them free of charge during that big freeze back in December, didn't get their head office involved just offered it to them straight up. My beef is definitely with the office here, not the fitters. Might go and camp out on their lawn, see what turns up.
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Yep, the fitters are. The company base is 30 minutes up the road, but the fitters employed for this job are way up the other end of the country, a 2 hour drive away, both ways, every day. I'd be asking for petrol money for that one. Dunno but it sounds incredible, I'd love to get involved.
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Hey, I resent that. I'm not a vegan, I'm plant-based. I'll try and backdate a few updates though, cheers. That's not a bad idea actually, I will indeed stick it right back up in the attic, safe and sound in a quiet corner. It could be the spirit of the house. Well, here's a quick question for you all to consider, while I'm sat here watching no work being done... what happens when the two guys who have been putting your house together for the last month stop showing up because their employer hasn't paid them? Head office won't pay travel costs because the work is "local" to them... after a 150km drive...
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That looks like a great wee machine, for the price.
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SRT connecting two ropes for bigger trees
peds replied to Carteeni's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Quickest, easiest, and best way to join 2 ropes together for this application is a simple overhand knot. Make sure all 4 tails are well dressed and unable to roll. Far less likely to get snagged up a tree than any other multi-knot concoction or a 'biner. -
I would like to subscribe to future updates on this situation. Definitely be worth being a fly on the wall when the reality sets in.
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How to proceed with old apple trees?
peds replied to Christobel's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Neglected trees are brought back with a 3 or 4 year plan, it's absolutely something you can take care of yourself after the first (rather drastic) cuts the guy you got in made. There's different cuts to be made in winter and summer pruning sessions, as the tree reacts differently to damage done in each season. There's almost definitely a guy or an organic farm or something near to you offering fruit tree maintenance courses, either one day or weekend or whatever. You'd get a lot of benefit from one, and you wouldn't need to get the expensive tree surgeon in again. -
How to proceed with old apple trees?
peds replied to Christobel's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
You'll be taking off many of those new bits of vertical growth, which can be stuck onto rootstocks relatively easily to create new trees. All you need is a sharp knife and a little patience. If you enjoy the fruit this tree produces, it might be a good idea to get a few replacement trees waiting in the wings in case anything catastrophic should happen to this one, and baby apple trees from your own tree make great Christmas or birthday presents to the right kind of person. -
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Got to love the planning department, they are very good at what they do. Which isn't much. Hope things work out for you this year better than last.
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How's it working out for you? I'd love to see some pictures if you ever got round to it, or is it still in the early stages? If anyone else has some larch jobs to share, I'm all eyes! Thinking of sticking larch on the gable end of this.
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Probably the safest idea, if not the most fun. Fair enough.
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Shame that, the odds are pretty high.
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Now we're getting somewhere. Good idea for saving the lead. I'm a smelly hippy though, so I couldn't use the powder as fertiliser unless it's certified organic.
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I'm asking if, theoretically, you could - just as an example here, use your imagination - open up the contents, save the powder, and have an exciting little pyrotechnics display, like when you were in 5th form chemistry and you'd nick a bit of that magnesium strip that burns really brightly, or that 2p coin that you could wrap in a roll of paper caps that go in those little cap guns and lob it really hard at ground or the wall for the little explosion, you remember how you watched a young lad actually split a brick on the side of the sports hall changing rooms once when he wrapped a coin in three whole rolls? Something like that. Come on, use your imagination. I guess handing it in to the police is a pretty awesome suggestion too, though.
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You clearly know your onions, but I'm afraid you are mistaken, it isn't empty. If it wasn't illegal to own without the paperwork I could have taken out the contents and counted them, so let's, for argument's sake, pretend that there's... fifteen.
